Topgun days
Subtitle: dogfighting, cheating death, and Hollywood glory as one of America's best fighter jocks
By: Dave "Bio" Baranek
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781616080051
Subjects: United States; Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.); Training of; Top Gun (Motion picture); Military Air pilots; Fighter pilots; Tomcat (Jet fighter plane); United States. Navy; Officers; Biography
Description: Dave Baranek writes of his days as a naval flight officer and a Topgun instructor, which made him responsible for teaching the Navy and Marine Corps' best fighter pilots. He also writes of his participation in the filming of the Hollywood blockbuster Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Faceoff at 700 MPH; title: Joining the fighting renegades; title: A pulse-pounding carrier landing; title: Fight's on; title: Rocket rider; title: The topgun way; title: Wild card bogeys; title: Gunboat diplomacy in a jet fighter; title: Murder board; title: Our toughest fights; title: Preparing for combat; title: Hollywood comes to Miramar; title: Make-believe turns real; title: Waiting for the cork to pop; title: Top Gun becomes a blockbuster; title: Changing of the guard.